Improvement in copy-books



E. F. GOODMAN.

Copy-Book.

N0 167,441 Patented Sept. 7,1875.

)Viinwsw. Ina/mime EUGENE F. GOODMAN, OF CLINTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,447, datedSeptember 7, 1875; application filed July 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE F. GOODMAN, ofClinton, State of Iowa, have invented a Copy-Book, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of my invention is to enable the learner to keep the copyclose to each succeeding line that is written on the page, and to covereach preceding line of his own writing from View, with greaterconvenience and to better advantage in the use of the book than ispossible when the copies are simply printed on the page or are entirelydetached from the book, by securing copy-slips to small cords runningalong the inside or back margins of the pages. They are arranged toslide up and down the page on the cords, at the convenience of thewriter, as shown in the perspective view of the accompanying drawing.

The copy-slips are secured at one of their ends to the cords on whichthey slide, one cord and slip each answering for two adjacent pages. Thecord is best secured by running it through a loop at the back of thebook, and then down along the same, on the inside, through one end ofthe copy-slip. In the figure the slip A moves upon the cord B.

It will be evident that a wire, or something similar, may be used in theplace of a cord.

I am aware that copies have been used for the same purpose as those ofmy invention, and I do not claim, broadly, a movable copy in combinationwith a cord; but

What I claim as my invention is- In a copy-book, the cord B, incombination with the sliding and reversible slip A, having a copy oneach side, capable of being used on either one of the two adjacent pagesof the book, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

EUGENE F. GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

IVIORRIS S. BURNETTE, (J. H. SQUIRES.

